WO2011052431A1

WO2011052431A1 - System, method, and program for editing of electronic document

Info

Publication number: WO2011052431A1
Application number: PCT/JP2010/068377
Authority: WO
Inventors: 英介神崎; 晴美伊藤
Original assignee: インターナショナル・ビジネス・マシーンズ・コーポレーション
Priority date: 2009-10-29
Filing date: 2010-10-19
Publication date: 2011-05-05
Also published as: JPWO2011052431A1; US20200089742A1; US20170344522A9; US11042691B2; EP2495667A1; TW201115362A; CN102713896A; CN102713896B; US20120210210A1; US10503813B2; EP2495667A4

Abstract

Disclosed is a system for editing a revised electronic document. The system is provided with means for identifying a theme to be applied to an electronic document that is being edited; and means for displaying a preview of the electronic document and one or more components to be inserted into the document that is being edited. The preview is formed by applying the identified theme to one or more materials and is displayed before insertion of the components. The preview is preferably formed by applying a set of one or more attribute parameters that are related to the identified theme to one or more components. The system is additionally provided with means for selecting a location to insert material into the document that is being edited, wherein it is preferred that a set of attribute parameters be specified according to information of the selected location and that a preview of the components to which the specified parameters have been applied be displayed.

Description

System, method, and program for editing electronic documents

The present invention relates generally to a graphical user interface, and more particularly to a system, method, and program for editing an electronic document.

In recent years, with the spread of the Internet, companies and individuals create multimedia web contents and publish them on the Internet on a daily basis. Typically, web content is created as a multimedia structured electronic document that conforms to a format of HTML language or XML language.

In order to support the creation of web content, authoring software is provided that includes an editor that can be output as it is as web content such as an HTML document as viewed on the display screen during creation and editing. Such an editor is referred to as a WYSIWYG (What You See What You Get) editor. For example, the applicant, International Business Machines Corporation, provides IBM WebSphere Studio Homepage Builder (R) as software with a WYSIWYG editor.

Companies in the industry are also developing authoring software. As background art, for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 9-6573 (Patent Document 1) makes it possible to appropriately and easily adjust the color scheme of an image image to be pasted on a stage on an editing screen by an authoring tool or the like. Disclose the system. In the system, various image expression phrases, which are words expressing a predetermined color tone, are held, and each image expression phrase has a predetermined range of hues. When an image image (still image) is pasted at a predetermined position in the stage on the editing screen, the average color is calculated based on the color scheme of the image image. Next, an image expression phrase having a hue that includes the average color is selected from the various image expression phrases that are held, and the selected expression expression is displayed on the display device. When the operator selects a desired image expression phrase from these image expression phrases, the average color of the image image is shifted to the center of the hue range of the image expression phrase selected by the operator. Hue is converted.

As another background art, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 9-16797 (Patent Document 2) displays an impression of an image to an operator using terms representing sensitivity and uses the design know-how when adding an expression. A method of enabling it is disclosed. The image is decomposed by the image decomposition unit, and the physical feature amount of each decomposition region is stored in the image feature storage unit. The physical feature amount is processed by the image analysis unit, and a feature amount having a visual meaning is generated for all images. The sensitivity influence degree calculation unit receives a characteristic amount having a visual meaning, and calculates a factor of a term representing sensitivity based on information in the design know-how storage unit. The factor of the term representing sensitivity is displayed to the operator, and the operator instructs a desired expression using the term representing sensitivity through the expression instruction unit. The image expression adding unit receives an instruction for expression, and corrects the image with reference to information in the design / knowledge storage unit. The physical feature amount of the decomposition area is also immediately corrected, and the impression of the corrected image is analyzed and displayed.

As another background art, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2003-271510 (Patent Document 3) discloses means for arbitrarily selecting and specifying the configuration, background color, image, and character of a screen posted on a homepage, Disclosed is a homepage providing apparatus characterized in that means for automatically generating homepage data according to designation and further automatically registering to a WWW server is provided.

As another background art, Japanese Patent Laying-Open No. 2005-292964 (Patent Document 4) discloses a print data editing apparatus and a print data editing program that facilitate an object modification operation. In the decoration screen, you can select the decoration list in the decoration list field, and if the all level display check box is checked, the number of decoration images of all levels selected in the horizontal list box in the horizontal direction of the preview field in the order of level. The number of rows selected in the list box is displayed. The modification level can be selected by selecting the print image in the preview field, and the modification image is selected in the figure. When OK is selected, the modification contents at the modification level of the selected modification list are applied to the object being edited. In the modification screen, the modification level in the modification list can be selected by the modification level slider, and only the modification image of the selected modification level is displayed in the preview area.

As another background art, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open Publication No. 2007-509402 (Patent Document 5) describes an in-document written in a markup language for display by a browser on a display having a resolution smaller than that of a document designed. Disclosed is a method for changing and displaying the content of The method comprises the steps of: coding the functionality in the browser and, if necessary, the functionality jointly applying separate functionality over markup and style; and the modified document on the display. The step of displaying is included.

As another background art, WO02 / 19153 (Patent Document 6) discloses the following method and system.
“A method and systemfor generating a web site in accordance with received data entry (5328) bydetermining at least one characteristic of at least one web site dimension ofthe web site based on the data entry.A multi-dimensional description of theweb site (5500) Web sitedata (5405) is retrieved in accordance with the generated multi-dimensionaldescription of the web site.The web site (5500) is generated based upon thegenerated multi-dimensional description of the web site and the retrieved is generated based on the determined characteristics. website data (5405). ”

As another background art, US Pat. No. 6,697,825 (Patent Document 7) discloses the following technique.
“A technique formodifying a web site generated in accordance with received data entry by :: determining at least one characteristic of at least one web site dimension ofthe web site based on the data entry; generating a multi-dimensionaldescription of the web site based on the determined characteristics; retrievingweb site data according to the generated multi-dimensional description of theweb site; generating the web site based upon the generated multi-dimensional description of the web site and the retrieved web site data; receivingmodification data modifying at least one of the determined characteristics; andregenerating the description of the web site based upon the modifiedcharacteristics. ”

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 9-6573 JP-A-9-16797 JP 2003-271510 A JP 2005-292964 A Special table 2007-509402 International Publication No. 02/19153 Pamphlet US Pat. No. 6,697,825

IBM WebSphere Studio Homepage Builder selects the material (a type of document part) from the material view and executes the material insertion action such as dragging and dropping the material into the document to be edited. Provide the user with the ability to insert. In IBM WebSphere Studio Homepage Builder, if a theme is selected for the document to be edited, the theme is applied to the material in response to drag and drop and inserted into the edited document.

However, the user cannot recognize how the material will finally appear unless the material is inserted. Therefore, for example, when the material that is actually inserted and the theme is applied is different from the user's previous image, there is a possibility that it is necessary to search for an appropriate material many times. This problem of reducing user convenience cannot be solved by any background technology.

Therefore, one of the objects of the present invention is to provide a system, software, and method that efficiently support editing of an electronic document.

In order to achieve the above objective, a system for editing electronic documents is provided. The system includes means for identifying a theme applied to a document to be edited and means for displaying a preview of the document to be edited and one or more parts inserted into the document. The preview is formed by applying the identified theme to one or more parts and is displayed before the part is inserted. The preview is preferably formed by applying a set of one or more attribute parameters associated with the identified theme to one or more parts.

The system preferably further comprises means for identifying at least one of the one or more parts and inserting it into the document to be edited in response to a predetermined user action. An example of the predetermined user action is drag and drop. The system preferably further includes means for applying at least a part of a set of attribute parameters and converting the part when at least one of the one or more parts is inserted into the document to be edited. .

The system further includes means for selecting a place to insert the part in the document to be edited, specifies a set of attribute parameters according to the information on the selected place, and previews the part to which the specified parameter is applied. Is preferably displayed.

Furthermore, it is preferable to further include means for allowing the user to select a part of the attribute parameter to be applied to the document to be edited so that a preview of a part to which the part of the selected attribute parameter is applied is displayed. . In this case, it is possible to further include means for inserting a part to which a part of the selected attribute parameter is applied into the editing target document.

The outline of the present invention has been described above as a system for editing an electronic document. However, the present invention can also be understood as a program, a program product, software, a software product, and a method. The program product or software product can include, for example, a storage medium storing the above-described program and software, or a medium for transmitting the program and software.

It should be noted that the above summary of the invention does not enumerate all the necessary features of the present invention, and that combinations or sub-combinations of these components can also be an invention.

It is the figure which showed an example of the external appearance of the data processing system in embodiment of this invention. It is the figure which showed an example of the hardware constitutions of the information processing apparatus suitable for implement | achieving the data processing system in embodiment of this invention. It is a functional block diagram of the authoring system in the embodiment of the present invention. It is a flowchart expressing operation | movement of the authoring system in embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart (the first half) expressing operation | movement of the authoring system in the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart (latter half) expressing operation | movement of the authoring system in the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart (the first half) expressing operation | movement of the authoring system in the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart (latter half) expressing operation | movement of the authoring system in the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is an example (theme is not set) of the graphical user interface of the authoring system of the embodiment of the present invention. It is an example of the graphical user interface of the authoring system according to the embodiment of the present invention (theme is set, before material insertion). It is an example (after the theme setting and material insertion) of the graphical user interface of the authoring system of embodiment of this invention. It is an example of the theme in embodiment of this invention. It is an example (before material insertion) of the HTML source of the edit object document in the embodiment of the present invention. It is an example (after material insertion) of the HTML source of the edit object document in embodiment of this invention.

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Hereinafter, the best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. However, the following embodiments do not limit the invention according to the claims, and are described in the embodiments. Not all combinations of features that are present are essential to the solution of the invention.

The present invention can be implemented in many different modes and should not be construed as being limited to the description of the embodiments. It should be noted that not all the combinations of features described in the embodiments are essential for the solution of the invention. The same number is attached | subjected to the same element through the whole description of embodiment.

The embodiment of the present invention includes an authoring system 100 in which authoring software is installed in a stand-alone information processing apparatus. FIG. 1 shows an example of the appearance of an authoring system 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The authoring system according to the embodiment of the present invention includes a keyboard 6, a mouse 7, and a display device 11.

A user operates input devices such as a keyboard 6 and a mouse 7 through a window-based graphical user interface that visually presents work status information and the like on the display device 11 of the authoring system, and is a kind of electronic document. You can interactively edit a web page. In the window, a WYSIWYG editor and a preview of a plurality of materials are displayed, and a material view that provides a user with a function of inserting a material selected from them into a document to be edited is simultaneously displayed.

In the embodiment of the present invention, when a theme is set for a document to be edited, the theme is applied not only to the document itself displayed in the WYSIWYG editor but also to a preview of a plurality of materials displayed in the material view. It is converted and displayed. The user selects a material by looking at the preview image of the material converted so that the theme is applied, and performs an insertion action. An example of the material insertion action in the embodiment of the present invention is drag and drop of a material preview image from the material view to the editing view. In the embodiment of the present invention, since the inserted image can be grasped before the material is actually inserted into the document, the convenience for the user is improved.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a hardware configuration of an information processing apparatus suitable for realizing the authoring system 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention. The information processing apparatus includes a CPU (central processing unit) 1 and a main memory 4 connected to the bus 2. The hard disk devices 13 and 30 and the CD-ROM devices 26 and 29, the flexible disk device 20, the MO device 28 and the DVD device 31 are removable storages (external storage systems with exchangeable recording media). Are connected to the bus 2 via the IDE controller 25, the SCSI controller 27, and the like.

Storage media such as flexible disk, MO, CD-ROM, and DVD-ROM are inserted into the removable storage. In these storage media, the hard disk devices 13 and 30, and the ROM 14, instructions of a computer program for carrying out the present invention can be recorded by giving instructions to the CPU or the like in cooperation with the operating system. The computer program is executed by being loaded into the main memory 4. The computer program can be compressed or divided into a plurality of pieces and recorded on a plurality of media.

The information processing apparatus receives an input from an input device such as a keyboard 6 or a mouse 7 via a keyboard / mouse controller 5. The information processing apparatus is connected via a DAC / LCDC 10 to a display apparatus 11 for presenting visual data to the user.

The information processing apparatus can connect to a network via a network adapter 18 (Ethernet (R) card or token ring card) or the like, and can communicate with other computers. Although not shown in the figure, it is possible to connect to a printer via a parallel port or a modem via a serial port.

As described above, the information processing apparatus suitable for realizing the authoring system according to the embodiment of the present invention is realized by an information processing apparatus such as a normal personal computer, workstation, mainframe, or a combination thereof. It will be readily understood that However, these constituent elements are examples, and not all the constituent elements are essential constituent elements of the present invention.

Various modifications such as combining a plurality of machines with each hardware component of the information processing apparatus used in the embodiment of the present invention, and allocating and executing functions to them can be easily assumed by those skilled in the art. Of course. These modifications are naturally included in the concept of the present invention.

An authoring system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a Windows (R) operating system provided by Microsoft Corporation, a MacOS (R) provided by Apple Computer Incorporated, and a UNIX (R) system including an X Window System. An operating system that supports a GUI (Graphical User Interface) multi-window environment, such as a system (eg, AIX® provided by International Business Machines Corporation) is employed.

From the above, it can be understood that the authoring system used in the embodiment of the present invention is not limited to a specific multi-window operating system environment.

FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram of the authoring system 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention. Note that each element shown in the functional block diagram of FIG. 3 is a computer program such as an operating system or authoring software stored in the hard disk device 13 or the like in the information processing apparatus having the hardware configuration illustrated in FIG. It can be realized by loading it into the main memory 4 and then reading it into the CPU 1 to cooperate hardware resources and software.

The authoring system 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention includes an input / output device 310, an edit page storage unit 320, a material data storage unit 330, a theme storage unit 340, and authoring software 350. The input / output device 310 has a function of displaying a graphical user interface or the like for creating content on the desktop screen of the operating system in accordance with the instructions of the authoring software 350. The input / output device 310 also has a function of accepting an operation for creating content and data input from a user who operates the data processing system 100.

The editing page storage unit 320 according to the embodiment of the present invention stores data of the editing target document 322 that is a web page created and edited by the authoring software 350 in the embodiment of the present invention. In the embodiment of the present invention, such an editing target document 322 is created in the HTML language format.

The material data storage unit 330 according to the embodiment of the present invention stores material data 332a..n which are parts (elements) of a page inserted into the editing target document 332. In the embodiment of the present invention, any of image data, animation data, vector data, text data, and HTML data, or a combination thereof may be included. The user of the authoring software 350 can interactively select the material stored in the material data storage unit 330 and insert it into the page.

Further, the material data storage unit 330 according to the embodiment of the present invention, for the material data 332a..n, the material type (photo, graphic, or character), the material category, whether the material shape can be converted, Information on whether color conversion is possible is stored. These pieces of information are taken into consideration, and material conversion described later is performed.

The theme storage unit 340 according to the embodiment of the present invention stores data of a unity theme (color, layout configuration, etc.) applied to the editing target document. The user of the authoring software 350 interactively selects a theme to be applied to the editing target document 322 from the themes 342a..n stored in the theme storage unit 340, and applies it to the page.・ Contents can be created.

FIG. 12 is an example of a theme (“light monotone” theme) in the embodiment of the present invention. In the embodiment of the present invention, the theme is a set of parameters specified in accordance with the XML language format, and is created as a file (theme file) separate from the document to be edited. For example, the file name of the theme file can be “theme.xml”. A plurality of themes that can be specified by the user may be all specified in a single file, or may be specified separately in a plurality of files. In the embodiment of the present invention, the <themecolor>, <themebgcolor>, <themetrans_color>, <themetrans_shape>, <themetrans_border>, <themetrans_contrast>, <themetrans_temparature>, and <themetrans_colortemp> tags are applied to the material to be inserted. Used to specify attribute parameters. The application parameter determination unit 354 and the material data processing unit 356 of the authoring software 350 interpret at least a part of these attribute parameters, apply them to the material, and convert them into a document to be edited in accordance with the corresponding theme. Create previews and instances of material that can be inserted.

The example of the theme of the embodiment of the present invention according to the XML language specification including the specification of the CSS file and other parameters has been described above with reference to FIG. 12. However, the specifications of the XML language and the CSS language are the above-mentioned non-patent documents. Since it is well known to those skilled in the art from Document 1, Non-Patent Document 2, etc., those skilled in the art who have read this specification can appropriately carry out the creation process. Therefore, further detailed description is omitted.

Returning to FIG. 3, the authoring software 350 according to the embodiment of the present invention accesses the editing target document 322 stored in the page storage unit 320, such as the window 900 of FIGS. Displaying a graphical user interface on the display device 310 of the authoring system 100 provides the user with the ability to interactively edit its contents. The authoring software 350 includes a theme setting unit 352, an attribute parameter determination unit 354, a material data processing unit 356, a preview cache 358, a material view control unit 360, and an edit view control unit 362.

The theme setting unit 352 according to the embodiment of the present invention has a function of causing a user to select a theme to be applied to the editing target document 322 from a plurality of themes stored in the theme storage unit 340 and identifying the selected theme. I will provide a. In addition, it provides a function for making additional settings for sub-parameters such as the reflection intensity of the theme and which parameters of the theme are reflected for the selected theme.

The attribute parameter determination unit 354 according to the embodiment of the present invention provides a function of finally determining a set of parameters to be applied to the material based on the theme and subparameters selected by the theme setting unit 352. In the embodiment of the present invention, the parameter determined by the attribute parameter determination unit 354 is applied to the material by the material data processing unit 356, thereby converting the material.

The material data processing unit 356 according to the embodiment of the present invention is configured to execute an instruction from the material view processing unit 360 (for example, a material insertion action such as dragging and dropping the material displayed in the material view onto the editing view page. Corresponding material data is extracted from the material data storage unit 330, converted by applying the parameter determined by the attribute parameter determination unit 354, and delivered to the edit view control unit 362. Further, the material data processing unit 356 generates a preview data from the material data in response to a command from the material view control unit 360 (for example, a material preview display instruction to the material view). In order to extract the material data and create a preview image, a function is provided in which at least a part of the parameter set determined by the attribute parameter determination unit 354 is applied and converted, and the function is delivered to the preview cache 358.

The preview cache 358 is a storage area for temporarily storing preview data of each material converted by the material data processing unit 356. The preview data stored in the preview cache 358 can be refreshed by changing the theme or the like.

The material view control unit 360 presents the preview data stored in the preview cache 358 as a material box, and a material insertion action such as dragging and dropping the material displayed in the material box onto the editing view page. In response to receiving the command, a command is generated and sent so as to execute the processing related to the material data processing unit 356.

The editing view control unit 362 provides an editing view 920 that is an interface for editing the editing target document 322 to the content creator. In the embodiment of the present invention, the edit view 920 is a WYSIWYG editor, and provides a function that can be output as web content such as an HTML document as it is viewed on the display screen.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart 400 expressing the operation of the authoring system 100 in the embodiment of the present invention. The process starts in step 405, and in step 410, system initialization such as power activation, BIOS or operating system loading is executed. Next, in step 415, the authoring software 350 is launched in response to the user's application launch action (eg, double-clicking on an icon on the desktop representing the authoring software 350). In response to the activation of the authoring software 350, the operating system generates a window corresponding to the activated authoring software 350 on the desktop screen of the multi-window operating system displayed on the display device.

The process proceeds to step 420, and the user opens the edit target document 322, which is the edit target document, in step 410. In the embodiment of the present invention, in response to the opening of the editing target document 332 that is a web page, the authoring software 350 reads the data of the editing target document 322 from the page storage unit 320 and displays it on the screen. Step 420 can be performed, for example, by double clicking on an icon that exists on the desktop corresponding to an existing document. Further, step 420 can be performed by creating a new document by selecting “Create new document” from the pull-down menu. In this case, new page data is formed in the page storage unit 320. Will be. In any case, this step is well known and can be carried out by a person skilled in the art, so no further details will be described here.

The process proceeds to step 425, and it is determined whether or not to use the theme. If it is determined in step 425 that the theme is not used, the applied attribute parameter is not set, and the process proceeds to step 445 through the NO arrow, and page editing using the material view or the like is performed interactively. The

If it is determined in step 425 that the theme function is used, the process proceeds to 430 through the YES arrow. In step 430, the theme of the editing target document 322 is set by the user according to the navigation of the authoring software 350. A theme is a set of one or more attribute parameters that are applied to elements (including materials) in the editing target page. By applying such a theme, it is possible to make the editing target page have a sense of unity. .

Next, the process proceeds to step 435, where the sub-parameters are applied. The sub-parameter indicates the strength of how much the theme is applied to the material inserted into the editing target document. The process proceeds to step 440, and parameters to be finally applied to the material of the document to be edited are determined based on the theme set in step 430 and the subparameters set in step 435.

Next, the process proceeds to step 445, and page editing using the material view or the like is performed interactively. In step 445, the user can efficiently and interactively create content by operating the window displayed in FIG. Details of step 445 will be described later with reference to FIGS. An example of the window corresponding to the authoring software in step 445 will be described with reference to FIG.

The process proceeds to step 450. In step 450, it is determined whether or not editing of the page to be edited has been completed. If it is determined in step 450 that the process has not ended, the process returns to step 445 via the NO arrow, and editing of the editing target document 322 is continued. If it is determined in step 450 that the process has been completed, an end process such as saving the edited content is performed, and the process proceeds to step 455 via the YES arrow and ends.

Next, an example of the page editing process using the material view 930 in step 445 of FIG. 4 will be described in more detail using the

flowcharts

500 and 600 of FIGS. The process starts at step 505 and it is determined at step 510 whether the material view 930 is to be used.

If it is determined in step 510 that the material view 930 is not used, the process proceeds to step 515 through a NO arrow, and page editing without using the material view 930 is performed. This page editing that does not use the material view 930 is unnecessary and will not be described in further detail. Next, the process proceeds to step 520 and ends (proceeds to step 450).

If it is determined in step 510 that the material view 930 is used, the process proceeds to step 525 through a YES arrow. In the embodiment of the present invention, it is determined that the material view 930 is used when an instruction to display the material view 930 is executed. In the embodiment of the present invention, the instruction to display the material view 930 is performed by clicking a tab labeled “Material View”, but this is merely an example, and the present invention is not limited to this. For example, it is a matter of course that such an instruction can be given through the menu bar 905, the tool bar 910, or the like.

In step 525, the directory in which the material is stored is browsed in the material explorer 935, and a necessary material is searched from the material data stored in each directory of the material data storage unit 330. In the embodiment of the present invention, it is assumed that materials related to animals belonging to the illustration category of the image image material collection have been searched. The process proceeds to step 530, and the material searched in step 530 is extracted from the material database.

The process proceeds to step 535, and it is determined whether there is a set of one or more attribute parameters that should be applied to the material to be inserted into the editing target page. In the embodiment of the present invention, this set of attribute parameters has been determined in step 440. Therefore, when a theme is set for the editing target page, it is determined that a set of attribute parameters exists. On the other hand, if no theme is set for the editing target page, it is determined that there is no set of attribute parameters.

If it is determined in step 535 that a set of attribute parameters exists, the process proceeds to step 540 via the YES arrow, and the set of attribute parameters is applied to the preview material cut out in step 530. As a result, the preview material is converted (color change, frame addition, brightness change, etc.). Thereafter, the process proceeds to step 550, and the converted preview material is stored in the preview cache 358.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step 535 that the attribute parameter set does not exist, the process proceeds to step 545 via the NO arrow, and the preview material cut out in step 530 is directly adopted as the final preview material. The Thereafter, the process proceeds to step 550 and the preview material is stored in the preview cache 358.

The process proceeds to step 555, and the preview material saved in the preview cache 358 in step 550 is placed in the material box 940, which is a list box, and presented to the user in a selectable manner. Next, the processing shifts to the flowchart 600 shown in FIG.

Here, a user interface including a material view in the embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 9 shows an example (theme is not set) of the graphical user interface of the authoring system according to the embodiment of the present invention. The window 900 includes a menu bar 905, a tool bar 910, an edit target page display area 915, an edit view 920, an HMTL source view 925, a material view 930, a material explorer 935, and a material box 940.

The menu bar 905 provides various functions such as file operation and display control to the user. Similarly, the toolbar 910 provides various functions such as file operation and display control as button icons. Opening of an existing editing target page, creation of a new page, and the like are performed through the menu bar 905 or the tool bar 910, but since these are already well known, no further details will be described here.

The page display area 915 is an area for displaying a page to be edited. In the page display area, an edit target page can be displayed as an edit view 920 that is a WISIWIG editor or an HTML source view 925 that displays an edit target page in the HTML language format. The edit view 920 also has a function of updating the display of the edit target page to the latest state when the edit target page is edited.

The material view 930 presents page parts (images, animations, sounds, and other components of the page) prepared in advance to the user, and the user can effectively create a page using these materials. It is something that can be done. The material view 930 includes a material explorer 935 and a material box 940.

The user can browse the directory in which the material data is stored using the material explorer 935. The material box 940 presents the material data existing in the directory designated by the material explorer 935 to the user. In addition, the user selects one of the materials presented in the material box 940 and selects the selected material by executing a material insertion action such as drag and drop on the page display area 915 of the edit view 920. Can be inserted, thereby effectively creating the content.

A user who is a content creator uses the window 900, which is an interactive graphical user interface of the authoring software 350, including these user interface elements 905-940 to edit the editable document 322, Content can be created effectively.

Note that since the theme is not set in the graphical user interface of the authoring system of the embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 9, the preview of the material shown in the material view is a thumbnail of the original material itself. I want to be.

Next, an example of the graphical user interface of the authoring system according to the embodiment of the present invention in which the theme is set together with the template will be described with reference to FIG. In the example shown in FIG. 10, it is assumed that “light monotone” is selected as the theme applied to the editing target page. The “light monotone” theme has already been described with reference to FIG. 12 and will not be described in detail here. Note that the theme of “light monotone” is set on the page to be edited, so that each material displayed in the material view 930 has a “light monotone” tone compared to that shown in FIG. I want to be.

The flowchart 600 starts from (A) 560, and then in step 605, a material to be inserted is selected in the material box 940. Processing proceeds to step 610 where a predetermined material insertion action is performed, ie, dragging and dropping the material displayed in the material view to the edit view page in the embodiment of the present invention.

After the material insertion action is performed in step 610, the process proceeds to step 615, and it is determined whether there is a set of attribute parameters to be applied to the material in the editing target page. As described above, in the embodiment of the present invention, this set of attribute parameters is determined in step 440. Therefore, when a theme is set for the editing target page, it is determined that a set of attribute parameters exists. On the other hand, when no theme is set for the editing target page, there is no set of attribute parameters.

If it is determined in step 615 that the attribute parameter exists, the process proceeds to step 620 via the YES arrow, and the attribute parameter is applied to the material selected in step 605. As a result, the selected material is converted (color change, frame addition, brightness change, etc.). Thereafter, the process proceeds to step 630, and the converted material is inserted into the editing target document 322. Next, the process proceeds to step 635 and ends (proceeds to step 450).

If it is determined in step 615 that the attribute parameter does not exist, the process proceeds to step 625 via a NO arrow, and the material selected in step 605 is adopted and copied as the material to be finally inserted. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step 630, and the material is inserted into the editing target document 322. Next, the process proceeds to step 635 and ends (proceeds to step 450).

FIG. 11 is an example of a window (after material insertion) corresponding to the authoring software 350 in the embodiment of the present invention displayed on the display device of the authoring system 100. By selecting “light monotone” as the theme applied to the editing target page, the material preview displayed in the material view 930 and the document newly displayed in the editing target document displayed in the editing view 920 are newly inserted. Note that the material is a “light monotone” tone.

Next, another example of page editing processing using the material view 930 and the like in step 435 of FIG. 4 will be described using the

flowcharts

700 and 800 of FIGS. In this example, the applied parameters can correspond to different themes depending on the place in the editing target page where the material is inserted.

The

flowcharts

700 and 800 are almost the same as the

flowcharts

500 and 600, and the processing contents of the corresponding steps are also basically the same. However, in this example, it should be noted that the selection of the material insertion location in step 725, the specification of parameters according to the material insertion location in step 745, and the specification of parameters according to the material insertion location in step 820 are added. . In such a step, the material insertion location is selected, for example, by clicking on the location to be inserted in the editing view. In accordance with the selection, a set of attribute parameters to be applied to the material is specified. By applying the specified set of attribute parameters, a material displayed in the preview or editing view displayed in the material view is formed.

In order to realize such a step, as an example, a file describing the correspondence between the location in the document to be edited and the applied attribute parameter is stored in the system, and the file is used to execute step 725. In

step

745 and 820, the attribute parameter to be applied to the material insertion location selected in step 745 can be specified. In this file, the location in the document to be edited can be specified using information on the position of the tag structure expressed by XPath or the like, or using a style selector such as class, ID, and tag. It can be specified, but is not limited to these.

FIG. 13 and FIG. 14 show an example of the editing target document 322 created in accordance with the HTML language specification of the embodiment of the present invention. 13 shows the HTML source before the material is inserted, and FIG. 14 shows the HTML source after the material is inserted. The document to be edited before the material shown in FIG. 13 is inserted includes a CSS (cascading style sheet) file (“hpb9tm05_8”) related to the selected theme (that is, specified in the theme file). Note that .css ”) is specified. The specification of the CSS file in the document to be edited can be changed by changing the theme.

In the embodiment of the present invention, a set of attribute parameters of the theme file applied to the page to be edited is identified. In the page after the material shown in FIG. 13 is inserted, the material (“file: /// C: / Documentsand Settings / user / Application Data) converted by applying the attribute parameter set included in the theme file is displayed. Note that /application/tmp/hb9tm05_8/ani016.gif ”) is inserted.

As described above, an example of the editing target document 322 is described as a web page created in accordance with the HTML language specification according to the embodiment of the present invention with reference to FIGS. 13 and 14. And are well known to those skilled in the art. Accordingly, those skilled in the art who have read this specification can supplement, add, or change the content, and thus further detailed description is omitted.

As described above, according to the embodiments of the present invention, it is possible to provide an authoring system, software, and method for efficiently supporting editing or creation of an electronic document (page) that is web content. Therefore, it can be easily understood that the productivity of a user who creates content by operating the content authoring system can be improved.

Further, the present invention can be realized as hardware, software, or a combination of hardware and software. A typical example of execution by a combination of hardware and software is execution in a data processing system having a predetermined program. In such a case, the predetermined program is loaded into the data processing system and executed, whereby the program controls the data processing system to execute the processing according to the present invention. This program is composed of a group of instructions that can be expressed in any language, code, or notation. Such a set of instructions allows the system to perform certain functions directly or 1. Conversion to other languages, codes, and notations It is possible to execute after one or both of copying to another medium has been performed.

Of course, the present invention includes not only such a program itself but also a medium on which the program is recorded. The program for executing the functions of the present invention can be stored in any computer-readable recording medium such as a flexible disk, MO, CD-ROM, DVD, hard disk device, ROM, MRAM, RAM, and the like. Such a program can be downloaded from another data processing system connected via a communication line or copied from another recording medium for storage in the recording medium. Further, such a program can be compressed or divided into a plurality of parts and stored in a single or a plurality of recording media. It should also be noted that it is of course possible to provide a program product that implements the present invention in various forms.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications or improvements can be added to the above embodiment. For example, in the embodiment of the present invention, a set of attribute parameters included in the theme file is applied to the material to create a preview, but the user is allowed to select some of the attribute parameters that are applied to the document to be edited, A preview of a part to which a part of the selected attribute parameter is applied may be displayed. In this case, a part to which a part of the selected attribute parameter is applied can be inserted into the editing target document. In the embodiment of the present invention, the material includes any one of image data, animation data, vector data, text data, HTML data, or a combination thereof, but any other kind of material that can be inserted into an electronic document. Parts can be adopted. Needless to say, embodiments with such changes or improvements are also included in the technical scope of the present invention.

Claims

A system for editing electronic documents,
A means of identifying a theme applied to the document to be edited;
Means for displaying a preview of the document to be edited and one or more parts that can be inserted into the document;
The system wherein the preview is formed by applying the identified theme to the one or more parts and displayed prior to insertion of the parts.
The system of claim 1, wherein the preview is formed by converting the one or more parts according to at least a portion of a set of one or more attribute parameters associated with the identified theme.
The apparatus further comprises means for receiving selection of a place to insert a part in the document to be edited, specifying a set of attribute parameters according to the selected place, and applying at least a part of the specified set of attribute parameters The system of claim 2, wherein a preview of the selected part is displayed.
3. The apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising means for allowing a user to select a part of a set of attribute parameters to be applied to the editing target document, and displaying a preview of a part to which the selected part of the attribute parameter is applied. The described system.
The system according to claim 4, further comprising means for inserting a part to which a part of the selected attribute parameter is applied into the edit target document.
2. The system according to claim 1, further comprising means for applying the theme to at least one of the one or more parts and inserting it into the editing target document in accordance with a predetermined user action.
The system of claim 6, wherein the predetermined user action is drag and drop of the preview.
The apparatus further comprises means for converting the part by applying at least a part of a set of attribute parameters related to the theme when inserting at least one of the one or more parts into the document to be edited. Item 4. The system according to Item 1.
The system according to claim 1, further comprising means for storing a plurality of themes, wherein the identifying means identifies a theme selected by the user from the plurality of themes.
The system according to claim 2, wherein a set of attribute parameters applied to a part inserted in the editing target document is stored in one or more files different from the editing target document.
11. The system according to claim 10, wherein the one or more other files include a cascading style sheet definition that is invoked by the document to be edited.
The system according to claim 1, wherein the part is an image part and the preview is a thumbnail of the image part.
The component is an image component, and the set of attribute parameters is at least one of parameters of theme color, theme background color, color conversion, shape conversion, additional frame conversion, contrast conversion, temperature conversion, and color temperature conversion. The system of claim 2 comprising:
The system according to claim 1, wherein the document to be edited is a multimedia structured document.
The system according to claim 1, wherein the document to be edited is created in an HTML or XML format.
The method according to claim 1, wherein the component is any one of image data, animation data, vector data, text data, and HTML data, or a combination thereof.
A program for editing an electronic document,
Identifying a theme applied to the document to be edited;
Displaying a preview of the document to be edited and one or more parts that can be inserted into the document;
A program in which the preview is formed by applying the identified theme to the one or more parts and is displayed prior to insertion of the part.
A method for editing an electronic document, comprising:
A computer identifying a theme applied to the document to be edited;
A computer displaying a preview of the document to be edited and one or more parts that can be inserted into the document;
The method wherein the preview is formed by applying the identified theme to the one or more parts and displayed prior to insertion of the parts.